Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-18
THE GENTLE PLAN.
THE STORY or A BOSTON POLICE
MATRON.
She Tells Of the Long Night she Spent
with Horrible
Terror.


The Boston GIobc published an in
tcresting leiier from police matr0I
the other day, and the Boston Ifaa-
s,ript the same afternoon voIched for
the truth of the story tod. IS IS
follows:
Tefore my recent appointment 10
the position of police matron iu a SUI
burb OF EoSt0n ! had heard much of
what terrors some OF the arrested wo-
men were, and how it would be impo'.
sible fof any woman to manage them
Some he'd expressed the opinion that ]
should get whipped, and In view az my
slender build others had contcmpiuoHs-
ly asked ne what expected g. do ID J
should have a 20ofouud woman totate
care Of Irephed that / should do taa
same as If she weighed 100 pounds
However, in want OF any previous
experience with this class Of women
and various conflicting notions rs Sd
NY fitness for the place. ! wai,cd my
FIST case with some anxiety. 81 as. 10
came in the pcrson of "a large. s,olt
Irish woman, weighing fully 30
ponds, sufficiently drunk to be noisy
and quarrcisome AMI spelling Tor
fight
The Cficer's attention Wls FIRST at-
t-acted to her low her noisy demonstra-
lions and the crOaG which she hal
drawn about her. When she s'v him
approaching she p1lled Der hat from
her head. and waving II 90 hm. dared
him 10 come on. he took BIER by the
arm aud tried toOuict hcrand make BIER
go home. 1nis she stoJtlv refused %
DO. and determined 70 fight t1an AMI
tl,ro As II was Sunday and q largo
crowd gathering. and her noise au.
abuse Increasing. he attempted hes az
rest. She Immediately threw herself
upon the ground, and he WAS obliged
10 call upon the citizens 10 help hum.
Another officer came along and b.
tween them all they conveyed her T.
the station, she making desperate re-
slstance at every step.
wes sent for at once, aud rs soon o9
opned toe odter door / could boz ~
The noise. Guided by this I reached
the cell and found her glaring @, thu
officer. who was vainly trying t. still
the disturbance. stepping quietly NO
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